What are arrows depicting?
The direction of plates
The relative movement among plates
The speed of plate movement
What are the three layers of the Earth?
Continents, oceans and lakes
Core, crust and mantle
Core, crust and continents
Why do we say rock is deformable?
It´s melted because of the pressure
It´s so hot and it´s somewhat melted
It has got an elastic crystalline structure
Depenging on its mechanical properties, How can we divide the mantle?
The upper mantle is solid and the lower mantle is fluid
The outer mantle is solid and the inner mantles is liquid
The upper mantle is fluid and the lower mantle is liquid
Why the outer core is liquid while the inner core is solid?
It´s a matter of density
It´s a matter of temperature
It´s a matter of viscosity
What are the two elements that make up lithosphere?
Continental crust+ oceanic crust
Crust+ mantle
Crust+ astenosphere